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I cannot take statements like this seriously because they are nearly universally a nebulous bad faith way for someone to claim "my personal political opinions a
by CupricTea 1y ago
I cannot take statements like this seriously because they are nearly universally a nebulous bad faith way for someone to claim "my personal political opinions are objective reality" which is an outright perversion of the scientific method and the pursuit of knowledge at large.
I would say the same to someone who would boldly claim "reality has a conservative bias"
- latexr 1y agoIt’s a reference to a Stephen Colbert joke during the George W. Bush era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLjK9LFpeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLjK9LFpeo
- CupricTea 1y agoIt is absolutely not. People who say it mean what they say. Pointing out that it's a reference to a Stephen Colbert joke is an attempt at retroactively inserting plausible deniability into their intentions after they've been called out for it.
- wnevets 1y ago> It is absolutely not. People who say it mean what they say. Pointing out that it's a reference to a Stephen Colbert joke is an attempt at retroactively inserting plausible deniability into their intentions after they've been called out for it. I quoted the joke verbatim. The performative pearl clutchers on HN are very entertaining.